This is just one side of the story~
A student at the University of Florida was tasered during a John Kerry rally.
Police are currently looking into if excessive force was used.
There are many who think that is the case. They feel that it was because Kerry and the UF
police wanted to deny the student free speech.
However, if people listen to the student's rants and watches the videos closely, there's another point of view.
The first thing that happened is that the student was allowed to ask questions even though it was not his time to ask question.
The next thing is that he gets up on stage and starts ranting. Many of the questions are not currently relevant as they pertain to the 2004 election.
Then the questions go to asking about Skull and Crossbones.
Since no questions are relevant and it is apparent that the student is not going to calm down, the mike is cut.
The
police simply do their jobs by being there to escort him away.
He refuses and then he argues that since Kerry has been speaking for two hours, he should at least get a few minutes to speak.
The
police take him down for disrupting the peace. Rather than cooperate with the police.
While the
police are holding him, he is jumping up and down and he breaks free and tries to run back towards the stage.
The
police then have control of him again for a little bit. They manage to get him to the back of the room, but he is still jumping and screaming.
Once the
police get him to the floor, he is still trying to crawl out from in the middle of them.
One
police officer takes out his taser. The student then begins yelling, "Don't tase me, man!"
Yet, the student continues to try to escape.
Of course he is going to be tased. The taser must've been on low level because the student is able to yell "ow" through the whole ordeal.
Excessive force or keeping the peace? Clearly, keeping the peace! Who can argue against that?